Milk-pail.



.P. M. MILLENAAR.

MILK PAIL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14.1914.

1,269,950; Patented June 18,'l918.

7 mum. MILLENAAR; or v'mmvmaimiam x To al l 'wh o m it maycohcern'." Y

Be it known that'l, PIETER MfMILI IENAAR, a subject' of the Queen'of theNetherlands,

Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprove-.

ments in Milk-Pails, of which the following is a specification. Myinvention relates to milk pails; I The primary object ofmy inventi'onresides in the provisionofa sanitarymilkpail having a novelstrainingmeans re'movably mounted. therein for preventing "the vingressof foreign substances while milking,gthe

straining means being removable when it is: desired to empty 'the'contents of the pail.

Another object 'of my invention: resides in the provision of a novelmeans for:n1ount-. ing the straining'm'e'ans'within the pail forfacilitating the straining 10f; the-milk and preventing the accumulationof foreign substances over the entire surface of the strain lngmeansy,

A still further-object of-my, invention sides in theprovisiou of animproved closing means-for the receptacle,]the latter being movablymounted on the securingele tirely closes theupper open end 'o'f-"thepail and prevents-the entrance offoreign substances,,--the closingmeansbeing easily re moved from position over the pail: and dis-' posed onthe sides of thepailwhenit is desired to use the pailformilkingpurposes.

A still further object of my invention resides inthe' provision "of apailfhavingnovel j means thereon for. facilitating the exact amount ofmilk obtained from each cow.

A still further object of my invention re sides in'the' provision. of amilk pail that is simple in construction,'efiicient in operationand onethat can be manufactured and placed on the marketat a minimum cost.

Other objects aswell as the nature, char- 7 acteristic featuresrandscope of my invention will be more readily vunderstood from thefollowing description taken in connec-v Fig. 2 isa longitudinalsectional viewof Fig. 1; v

Fig. :3 is a top plan viewof my invention [MI K-Rem f f'ApplicationliledJ'ulyl i, 19 14Lfs ria1'no. 850,982: 7'

showing the securingl elementsf in s'ecti and the v dotted h es'fishowmgthe lcovel secj-f j utions 1n anextend residlngv at Lutherville, in theI county of 7 ftaclef;

curing element securedfthereto; and 1 Fig. '61 is an enl rged fragmentarledge:

(in-gs: in lvvhich fjsiinilarfrefereiice nu1ner5ils {edge thereof withan inwardly,extending ments for the bail and when in positionenpreventing the ingress of foreign substances into thegpa w lefi-mi k nalh emovfi' surface adj acentthe upper-edges o'f'the sides Figl is a topPlait-v ew: of in n tidii with-the cover sectionsjzremove Fig. 5 isa'l'on"itiidii al.ecti' fnalview f f F the'pail propershowing-especially these} V c-" tional view "of a portionofthe' pail,showing "a portion 'of he"strainerinlpositioli pl I V 4 e27,Referring'inore particularly to thei dra designate "like orcorrespondingf f parts throughout the diffe'rent viewsjl provide'aq i7-;

*pail comprisin a cylindrical bodyl lformed p sfe b f a. a a ing thesides 2 taperingtoward the bottom '3 I and provided on'its innerperiphery "graduations '4; ion facilitating{theexact amountfof.milkobtained fromfeach 'cow and which body or pail is further proyided 1 aochester an; the; bodyhav on its inner "periphery adjacent I the pp rthe drawings and formediby crimping-the pail and -fon straining the"milk-land 1111 f 'alQly dispos'edon the ledge- 5, aisaainer as ment 6which inthis instance consists es-f sentially of a ring 7, thelatter-being prefer'- ably; rectangular in cross section and has a weclosing meanspfor the pail, I provide 'secu'r,' I ing: elements 9, thelatter being secured at I diametrically opposite points on the outer isof the vpail and in this instance each consists] ,c t enti ll y of apiece pistes; metal wh fih I i 9 01: I i I bent intermediate its ends asat 10 and has its respective extremities 11 and 12 arranged in parallelrelation with each other, the inner extremity 12 being rigidly securedto the pail by means of a rivet 13, the outer extremities of each of thesecuring elements 9 are arranged in spaced relation with the sides 2 ofthe pail and provided with a longitudinally extending slot 14:, thelatter having secured therein the respective looped ends 15 of the bail16. In order to close the pail, I provide a pair of preferably semicircularcover sections 17, the latter being also movably mounted in theslots 14: of the securing elements 9 by means of staples 18 which arefirst passed through the slots 14: and engaged at points intermediatethe ends of the curved edges of the sections The cover sections 17 whenin closed position, as shown in Fig. 3, have their straight edges arraned in engagement with each other and are t us prevented from havingundue movement on the pail. In order to remove the sections fromposition they are lifted upwardly and spring about the pivot point andplaced in position with the sides 2 of the ail.

A though I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention I desire to be understood that I am not limited to the exactdetails shown, however, I desire that great stress be laid upon theformation of the ledge .5 and the relation of the strainer element 6therewith. Again attention is called to the fact of the provision of thesanitary closure for the pail for pre venting the ingress of foreignsubstances into the interior of the pail when notin use, the coversections in this instance providing the sanitary protection of the milkwithin the pail when the strainer element 6 is removed therefrom forcleaning purposes.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it can easily be seen that I have provided a device that issimple in construction containing but a few simple parts that can becheaply manufactured and assembled and when assembled can be placed uponthe market and sold at a minimum cost.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings co1nprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention and llllEiiZ/Vfi'llOllS minor changes in detail ofconstruction, pro

portion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope of theappended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A receptacle including a cylindrical body, diametrically oppositesecuring elements mounted adjacent the upper edge thereof and havingtheir upper ends offset and providedwith slots and arranged in spacedrelationgvith the outer surface of the body, a bail having therespective ends thereof pivotally mounted in the slots, semi-circularcover sections, eyes carried'by the sectionscopies; of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents, i

1 Washington, D. G.

